Where Were you when George died?
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rich n:
I was at work and my wife emailed the news to me - I recall going home that night and watching Paul give his little impromtu interview/press conference in front of that jeep like vehicle thinking he was being careful about not saying 'drag isn't it' again
Pictures from paul on that day, he looks so sad.
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IDK don't remember depends i think school I was 3 so I dont remember
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I was on a sailboat docked in a marina, and it was announced on the television news. I was not expecting to hear it.
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I knew about it from the time he was stabbed. I thought then that he was not going to be with us long. I remember pacing around wishing I could tell him to go to dry climate and clean out your chest. I don't know if it would have made a bit of difference but I was really upset by that attack, more upset that day than when he died. On the day they announced his death I was at home. I went out in the yard and planted some bulbs, felt like I had to do something out in the garden. In my mind they still go together, the cancer and the stabbing. I also take heart, if anyone can come back to help us it would be someone like George.
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nanorama:
I knew about it from the time he was stabbed. I thought then that he was not going to be with us long. I remember pacing around wishing I could tell him to go to dry climate and clean out your chest. I don't know if it would have made a bit of difference but I was really upset by that attack, more upset that day than when he died. On the day they announced his death I was at home. I went out in the yard and planted some bulbs, felt like I had to do something out in the garden. In my mind they still go together, the cancer and the stabbing. I also take heart, if anyone can come back to help us it would be someone like George.
I felt that about the stabbing too but I was afraid to talk about it. I still wonder if the attack triggered his later health problems.
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On that date I even didn't know that a group named Beatles existed, I was 11 and was probably at school. How sad, really.......
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conrad:
On that date I even didn't know that a group named Beatles existed, I was 11 and was probably at school. How sad, really.......
Yes it was really sad but they got us thru by constantly saying George was ok, not hurt seriously but he was. George himself appeared on the news saying he was ok. Its not a big reach to connect his death to cancer and the knifing. If you were to watch surgery for cancer you would see what a wide breach they have when they make the cut, its to keep from spreading the cancer cells. I think the knifing spread his cancer or brought it out of remission. Whatever, I do believe his wife who said he was ready to go, anxious to be away at the end.
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I was at home, sititng on the floor and putting on my shoes. My sister was on the phone with my Mom and ever so casually said to me, "Mom said to tell you George Harrison died." As others have said, I was said, but obviously not shocked. I did, however, cry on my way to college. Listening to the Oldies station playing all of his songs probably didn't help matters.
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Furlow47:
I was at home, sititng on the floor and putting on my shoes. My sister was on the phone with my Mom and ever so casually said to me, "Mom said to tell you George Harrison died." As others have said, I was said, but obviously not shocked. I did, however, cry on my way to college. Listening to the Oldies station playing all of his songs probably didn't help matters.
i remember it was my mother who rang me up on the evening when linda mccartney died. i was at work doing a nightshift when i had just taken delivery of my favourite indain meal 'chicken tika dupiaza[madras hot] ,pilua rice ,2 chipaties and a side order of 'sag aloo'[potatoes in spinach]... i was starving,i remember in great detail and then my me mam rang and told me the devastating news!,i was stunned and felt quite sick and left all my food.i remember just going home alone and watching the feed about it on sky news for hours.[they played 'somedays' with footage of paul and linda horseriding ]i smoked a joint and cried,remembered and tried to move on.it really hit me hard,i miss her to this day.
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lazydynamite88:
Furlow47:
I was at home, sititng on the floor and putting on my shoes. My sister was on the phone with my Mom and ever so casually said to me, "Mom said to tell you George Harrison died." As others have said, I was said, but obviously not shocked. I did, however, cry on my way to college. Listening to the Oldies station playing all of his songs probably didn't help matters.
i remember it was my mother who rang me up on the evening when linda mccartney died. i was at work doing a nightshift when i had just taken delivery of my favourite indain meal 'chicken tika dupiaza[madras hot] ,pilua rice ,2 chipaties and a side order of 'sag aloo'[potatoes in spinach]... i was starving,i remember in great detail and then my me mam rang and told me the devastating news!,i was stunned and felt quite sick and left all my food.i remember just going home alone and watching the feed about it on sky news for hours.[they played 'somedays' with footage of paul and linda horseriding ]i smoked a joint and cried,remembered and tried to move on.it really hit me hard,i miss her to this day.
My mom woke me up out of a sound sleep when it was announed about Linda's breast cancer. She knew I had always admired Linda and took a lot of flack about it from others. When she told me, I felt this horrible chill and knew it was going to be bad and I felt so sad for Paul and his family.
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it was morning and i was still lying in bed and my brother told me. i didn't even think, I just got up and ran to the tv and stared at the news. I spent the whole day watching the news, tributes, fans crying. i desparatly wanted to go to Strawberry Fields in NYC to be with all the other fans, remembering him. i knew the day was coming, but i didn't want it to. for weeks radio hosts were saying insensitive stuff like "his days are numbered..." as a fan, you just don't want to hear that, you know? it was such a sad day.
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I was getting ready to go to my job when I saw the news. It was a real sad day. RIP George.
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I was only 7 and, in a way i'm glad I didn't have to experience it. On the other hand, there's part of me who wishes I could have mourned him at the time.
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In high school I was about to start school for the day and my high school librarian told me George passed away. I refused to believe it but it hit me later when I saw it on the news...I didn't bother eating anything that night, just cried endlessly myself to sleep. I couldn't even talk to anybody because I felt so upset and sad at hearing that George was gone, I just remained silent. Even my grades slipped but I brought them back up before the semester ended. I was a mess when George passed away. But I strongly feel George has gone home back to the spiritual world.
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in bed i think,i remember my mom waking me up and telling me that george died and it was on the morning news
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Same as nanorama I was working in a busy pharmacy when my brother rang me to tell me he had been stabbed. That I remember very well. When he died, I cant remember the exact details were I was but I must have been at work (again). I remember thinking of skipping the rest of work and going into Liverpool but didn't bother. I spent my dinner hour pacing alone around the park outside trying to send a text to the echo but it kept failing. I went back to work for my last few hours really sad. It's weird feeling such emotion when others seem to think its unimportant. I just wanted to be with Beatle people, still do to this day to be honest. My brother loves the beatles and my wife loves me, but no-one in my circle could understand the effect of something sad like this.
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I remember pretty vividly when George died. I was a freshman in high school. I was getting ready for school that morning, and I went downstairs to the kitchen have breakfast. The TV was on, and it showed footage of the Beatles on Ed Sullivan. At first, it seemed fairly innocuous as to why the news was showing that footage- until a graphic at the bottom of the screen appeared- "George Harrison, 1943-2001." After reading that, I went upstairs- and I started to cry. I had just started getting into the Beatles around that time, so I took George's death particularly had. I decided to wear my Sgt. Pepper album cover shirt to school that day, and after school had ended, my Dad and I went to Borders and bought "All Things Must Pass".
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I think because George had been sick so long and I knew in early November that he was not well at all, his death at the end of the month didn't hit me nearly as hard as John's (I cried for 2 weeks then) I honestly can't remember where I was when I heard he had died. I was sad, but also angry that it was George's cigarette smoking that ultimately took his life.
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I remember the reports of George being ill for quite some time and the different treatments they tried. So it wasn't a shock, but still very sad. I was working on my PhD at the time.
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I don't have Internet access at that time. I just heard on a radio program that plays Beatles songs. The next day, I saw the news on E! I wasn't expecting it. All I knew was that he had a throat problem.